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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

If you have a certain experience with any crafting skill you might not
actually need more crafting books, from the pictures you can make an
estimated guess on how to make it. But we all know the difference
between needing a new toothbrush and needing chocolate. In the
strictest sense the toothbrush is probably more useful and responsible
to buy but who wouldn't go for the chocolate if they had to choose...

I
need crafting books the way I need chocolate (and crafting supplies for
that matter). A few months ago I came across this book online and
bought it as a gift (because I already own a lot of cute crochet pattern
books that are still waiting for their first use). The person I bought
it for had not announced her birthday party yet but I assumed it would
come. The friend in question decided not to celebrate her birthday that
year and the book staid on in my shelves. It had been screaming out to
me since I received it and after a few months I caved in and used the
book myself.

I had created two Arne and Carlos dolls in the
past which took me a bit under a week to make. This doll is super quick
compared to those. The day I started I went to an indoor playground with
my kids and when we went home a few hours later I had created the head,
legs, body and an arm! At first I was a bit sceptical, especially the
body seemed very weird, but after I joint all limps he/she became very
cute.

When I was finalizing the first doll the son of a
friend saw the book and loved the "superman" picture. He asked his
mother if she could crochet but she couldn't neither did his 7 year old
sister he found out. My kids have too much already so I decided he could
have the doll. When he doll was ready to fly from our house my kids
were actually sad that he would go which is why I created two others
that would stay.

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

The fawn lily dress was calling to me for a few months but I still had
many other projects that I was planning to make (and already owned the
pattern of). Then somehow the idea was born that I would sew two dresses
for the twin daughter of a colleague.

Her twins are just a bit bigger
than my eldest and I regularly receive great cloths and shoes (my
daughter actually asked me the other day why daddies colleagues do not
give her dresses). As a thank you I decided to make each of the twins a
jersey dress and they were allowed to pick the fabric. One of the twins
somehow managed to pick the one quilting cotton fabric that Lillestoff
has (out of over 100 jersey fabrics) which is why I had to come up with a
cotton pattern.

The Fawn Lily intrigued me because the
dress does not have zipper. My daughter complained about the cotton
dresses I made her in the past that they are hard to change out or into
at school when they have gym. I showed some pictures to my colleague and
she liked the dress. I happily bought the pattern and made two dresses.
The pink one is actually for my eldest daughter but she was not home to
model and my two year old was happy to fill in.

The second twin received a planned jersey dress. adjusted an Ottobre
pattern to resemble the design from a dress my colleague had seen in the
store. I like the idea of the strings that have to be tight at the
back (especially because my kids are skinny). This dress pattern goes on my to do pile, lets hope not another
great new pattern surfaces (I am just kidding, I am always hoping for
new patterns!).

About me

I am a Dutch mother of four (three girls and one boy) and an academic. I love to create and use this blog to share my creations with the world. I knit, crochet, sew, bake etc. and many of those skills I learned from bloggers around the globe. I hope you like reading about my creative adventures and that they may inspire you.